Home and Community
Support Provider

This is an hourly position, full and part-time, reporting to the Director or designee.

Responsibilities:

The following is a comprehensive list of responsibilities for this position. The Specific Skill Set Assessment tool is used to make initial staff skill assessment and/or assess individual service needs. Staff will have responsibilities from the list depending on whom they are supporting.

A. Relationships/Community Networking

• Assist individual with developing supportive relationship when/where appropriate
• Assist individual with locating and utilizing community resources and activities (i.e. social clubs and events)
  
• Assist individual with locating sites for volunteer opportunities
  
• Provide individual with various forms of companionship
  
• Act as a community resource to individual/family

  B. Practical Supports/Skills Training

• Personal care may involve but not be limited to activities of daily living. This support may also be in the form of teaching, prompting, and/or offering assistance in the following areas:
• Personal hygiene (bathing, toileting, hair care, brushing teeth, etc.)
• Laundry
• Errands/transportation
• Homemaker/housekeeping
• Meal planning/preparation/nutritional information
• Eating
• Shopping
• Child care
• Home safety (recognizing, eliminating and correcting safety hazards)
• Scheduling and attending medical appointments

  C. Communication

• Maintain and submit accurate records (time sheets, progress notes, etc.)
• Notify supervisor of any needed changes to assignment
• Actively participate in team meetings, training sessions and conferences

  D. Physical Duties
  Provider must be physically able to accomplish the following, as necessary:

• Assist individual with transferring to and from bed, chair, and wheelchair
• Assist with walking
• Range of motion activities
• Positioning
• Use of adaptive equipment
• Lifting (weight depends on the specific client situation)

  E. Medical/health Issues
  Assignment may require knowledge or experience with the following:

• Seizure disorders
• Allergies
• Medication administration
• Assistance with deaf or hard of hearing individuals
• Physical disabilities
• Frail individuals
• Sight impairments
• Dental concerns
• Respiratory difficulties
• Heart problems
• Blood-born diseases (i.e. Hepatitis B & C, HIV, Syphilis)
• Communication disorders

  F. Mental, Social and Emotional Health

• Assignment may require knowledge or experience with the following:
• Alzheimer’s Disease/dementia
• Chronic alcohol/drug abuse
• Serious and persistent mental illness
• Physical/sexual abuse
• Behavior management (dealing with challenging behaviors, providing crisis management)

  G. Financial Support and Assistance

• Set up banking services
• Assist with money management
• Locate representative payee
• Secure subsidies (i.e. HUD, fuel assistance)

  H. Vocational Support

• Assess individual’s job interests, skills, work history
• Assist with development of a job search plan and develop outcome-based performance objectives
• Assist with creation of resume
• Assist with active job search
• Facilitate appropriate job match
• Provide on-going support to individual and employer

  Provide on-site job support including:

• Role model work ethic and job skills
• Foster relationship with supervisors and co-workers
• Develop natural supports
• Facilitate appropriate environmental modifications that support individual’s learning style
• Develop “fading” strategy from worksite

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